Curation

 

Preponderance of the Small

Curatorial Collective: Barry White, Sheena Malone, Michael Hill, Sarah Baume, Mark Beatty and Mary-Jo Gilligan.

Preponderance of The Small is an off-site project of The Douglas Hyde Gallery Dublin. The project is part of an ongoing Gallery 3 initiative, a non-physical space that transcends the gallery’s physical architecture in the form of books, gigs, screenings, talks and, as in the case of the Preponderance of the Small, an off-site exhibition.

The exhibition will feature the work of 21 Irish artists.  Each work will be located in unique and often overlooked spaces within walking distance of the Douglas Hyde Gallery.

“The title, which derives from a hexagram in the Chinese I-Ching, or Book of Changes, points to the great power and value of small things. In a rapidly changing culture, at a time when many of yesterday’s monumental gestures have proved to be empty, grandiose artistic statements seem superfluous. This exhibition is intended to question how we attribute value in today’s culture, and to suggest that it is in small things that we may find our way forward.

The exhibition will feature works in a broad range of media, including painting, drawing, installation and video. Many are formally linked through their employment of small elements (marks, gestures, objects) which are repeated or accumulated in order to form a whole that is somehow greater than the sum of its component parts. In each case, beyond the formal relationship of the works, the attitude or approach of each of the artists is key.”

The artists, works and venues were curated collectively by three Douglas Hyde staff; Barry White, Sheena Malone, Michael Hill and three Irish artists Sarah Baume, Mark Beatty and Mary-Jo Gilligan.

 http://preponderanceofthesmall.blogspot.com/

 

 

Transitopia

 

 

 

Transitopia is a contemporary art project examining the negotiation between people and place and how the development of one directly influences the transformation of the other.  The project engages with social infrastructure, architectural planning and the historical trajectory of industrial, commercial and public space.  The project was created specifically for Naas town Co. Kildare.

Six artists were commissioned to make new site-specific artwork in response to Naas and its changing form and identity. Four of these artists Michelle Browne, Joanne Butler, Elaine Reylnolds and Dominick Thorpe activated their artworks in the town during August 21st -24th 2008, while artists Dara McGrath and Carl Giffney undertook research in relation to the Transitopia project with a view to disseminating their work through the Transitopia publication launched on December 20th 2008.

Transitopia also commissioned a visual/textual piece by Sarah Browne for the print publication and a live improvised piano piece by Justin Carroll to accompany a silent cinema event.

The publication is available to the public for free from Naas Library, Riverbank Arts Centre and Parking Meter Arts.

 

 

The project was co-produced by Mary-Jo Gilligan and Mark Durkan.

 

http://transitopia.wordpress.com

 

Transitopia was a project operating through Parking Meter Arts and was funded by the Kildare CoCo.